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UK health team fly to Mozambique to help after Cyclone Idai
A UK team of health and emergency response workers is flying to the region hit by Cyclone Idai today to help assess health needs following the disaster.
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Working with the EU on international development
What the Political Declaration means for international development.
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Delivering humanitarian aid programmes if there’s no Brexit deal
The UK government’s offer to UK humanitarian aid organisations in response to EU no deal planning.
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What is UK aid?
The UK aid logo is used widely in the countries where we work, on items such as health clinics, school books and emergency food supplies, to publicly acknowledge development programmes funded by the UK taxpayer
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What the Department for International Development does
The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty. We are tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. Our work is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK too.
DFID is a ministerial department, supported by 3 agencies and public bodies.
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London
SW1A 2EG
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020 7023 0000
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020 7023 0012
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Office address (East Kilbride)
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
United Kingdom
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01355 84 4000
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01355 84 4099
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DFID general enquiries
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0300 200 3343
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+44 (0) 1355 84 3132
We aim to respond to all emails within 15 workings days. Where appropriate, we will forward your email to another government department if they are better placed to respond to your enquiry.
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Internal Audit Department
22 Whitehall
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SW1A 2EJ
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+44 (0)1355 843747
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020 7023 0600
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